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12 Days / 11 Nights
Specific Tour
2 people
Espanol, Francais
| Day 1 | SANTIAGO: arrival and city tour |
| Day 2 | SANTIAGO / VALPARAÍSO: city tour / CASABLANCA VALLEY |
| Day 3 | MATETIC vineyard: horseback riding in the Rosario Valley / SANTIAGO |
| Dia 4 | SANTIAGO (flight) / CALAMA / SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA
(Cumbres Atacama All Inclusive Program) |
| Day 5 | SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (Cumbres Atacama All Inclusive Program) |
| Day 6 | SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (Cumbres Atacama All Inclusive Program) |
| Day 7 | SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA / CALAMA (flight) / SANTIAGO |
| Day 8 | SANTIAGO (international or domestic flight) |
PATAGONIA EXTENSION
| Day 8 | SANTIAGO (flight) / PUNTA ARENAS / PUERTO NATALES |
| Day 9 | PUERTO NATALES / TORRES DEL PAINE |
| Day 10 | PUERTOS NATALES / BALMACEDA & SERRANO |
| Day 11 | PUERTO NATALES / PUNTA ARENAS (flight) / SANTIAGO |
| Day 12 | SANTIAGO (international flight) |
Airport pick-up with your guide and transfer to your hotel (30 min). After CHECK-IN, lunch, and visit to the city of Santiago.
We start with Santa Lucía Hill, where the city of Santiago de Chile was founded. We will continue to the Plaza de la Constitución, to cross La Moneda Palace (government palace) to reach the Plaza del Libertador Bernardo O ’Higgins. On the same avenue, you will discover the Errazuriz palace, Ariztía, Irarrázaval, the city's architectural heritage. Visit the Costanera Sky to discover the top of the tallest building in Latin America with a 360° view of Santiago.
In the morning, departure with your English-speaking guide to Valparaíso: 75 miles (120 km) north of Santiago (about 1 hour and 45 min. travel on a good, paved road, Highway 68).
Cultural center in the hemisphere's Pacific Southwest. In this beautiful city, we will visit Cerro
Alegre, where you can deeply appreciate the magic of the city, with its picturesque funiculars, multi-colored neighborhoods, and unforgettable sea views. Then we will visit Sotomayor Square and the beautiful house/museum of Pablo Neruda: La Sebastiana.
We will continue our journey to the Casablanca Valley where we will visit the Matetic vineyard. In this place, we will get to know its wineries, the production process and we will enjoy a tasting of 4 wines from the Ultra-Premium EQ line with delicious chocolate shots.
Our last stop will be at the La Casona Boutique hotel in Matetic vineyard.
Special dinner at the La Casona hotel restaurant.
A cheeseboard and bottle of wine will be waiting in the room. Overnight at La Casona boutique hotel.
After your breakfast, guided horseback riding through the Rosario Valley, surrounded by vineyards, animals, and nature.
Located between the Casablanca and San Antonio valleys, the Rosario Valley protects a large amount of Chile's biodiversity thanks to the care and respect for the land that has been put into the wine, agricultural, and livestock projects that take place there. The 160 hectares of vineyards planted are based on organic and biodynamic production principles to obtain 100% natural grapes of excellent quality.
After the ride, lunch with a 4-course pairing menu.
Return to Santiago.
Dinner at leisure.
Overnight in Santiago.
In the morning, departure from the hotel with your private guide and driver to the Santiago airport. Flight to Calama.
Arrival in Calama.
Calama, or "water refuge" in the Kunza language is the most important oasis in the region thanks to the important copper exploitation of the Chuquicamata mine. The largest open-pit mine in the world.
Transfer from Calama Airport to San Pedro de Atacama. 4 days / 3 nights All-Inclusive program. Transfers and excursions shared with hotel guests.
Arrival in San Pedro.
Located at an altitude of 2438m, San Pedro de Atacama is considered the archaeological capital of Chile. The main center of the "Atacameña" culture, this oasis was conquered by the Incas in 1450 and then by the Spanish in 1536. Today, the oasis is essentially an archaeological and tourist center whose clay constructions and small dirt streets welcome visitors throughout the year.
Suggested Half-day excursion.
** See the list of excursions for more options.
MOON VALLEY
Inside a nature sanctuary, on this route, you can see the spectacular geological formations caused by the pressure exerted by the Andes Mountains and the Domeyko Mountains. It is a moving landscape and one of the most characteristic of the area, from where travelers from all over the world come to watch the sunset.
* Appetizer included.
Couple massage at Cumbres Atacama Hotel
Dinner and overnight at an ALL-INCLUSIVE Hotel
All-inclusive Program Experience - DAY 2
Suggested full-day excursion.
** See the list of excursions for more options.
ATACAMA SALT LAKE AND ALTIPLANIC LAGOONS
Visit the Salar de Atacama. Then we will continue along the road, with sumptuous views of the Licancabur volcano, to visit the town of Toconao, a small colonial town with picturesque stone houses and the old church of San Lucas, and where the tradition of building houses in Liparita (the rock from a volcano) is perpetuated. We will continue along the road to the Chaxa lagoon.
You will visit the Miscanti and Meñiques lagoons, located at 4300 meters (2671 feet) above sea level, in the Andean Flamingo National Reserve, where you will have a spectacular view over the high plateaus. Lunch in a typical restaurant along the way. Return to San Pedro de Atacama.
ASTRONOMICAL TOUR
At night, for more than 90 minutes, you can discover where we are in the universe with this astronomical journey, its size, and the way it all began. We will also understand the cosmic process and the probable future of our civilization and the universe.
Meals and overnight at an ALL-INCLUSIVE hotel.
All-inclusive Program Experience - DAY 3
Suggested full-day excursion.
** See the list of excursions for more options.
TATIO GEYSERS
Geysers del Tatio, a name derived from Kunza and which translates as "The crying grandfather", is a geothermal field at 4,321 meters above sea level, which is traversed through different trails. In it, you can see huge pools of boiling water, mud, fumaroles, and springs, as well as a large number of local fauna and flora. During the return, we will visit Machuca, an old shepherd town.
Meals and overnight at an ALL-INCLUSIVE Hotel
Transfer from Hotel in San Pedro to Calama Airport.
Check-in and direct flight to Santiago (2 hours).
Pick up at the airport and transfer to your hotel in the center of the city (30 min).
Dinner at a local restaurant.
Overnight in Santiago.
At the indicated time, private transfer to Santiago airport (30 min). Check-in assistance.
International flight or flight to Punta Arenas
Flight to Punta Arenas.
Arrival at Punta Arenas and transfer to the Hotel in Puerto Natales (3 hrs aprox.)
Meals at leisure
Overnight at the hotel in Puerto Natales.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for a full-day excursion in regular service to Torres del Paine Park.
The imposing Milodon Cave is visited first. The journey continues through areas of steppe and Patagonian scrubland, full of abundant fauna and sheep, until reaching the Torres del Paine National Park, declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1978, where there is a varied native fauna. especially large herds of guanacos. On the way, we will visit the Salto Grande del Río Paine, appreciating the majestic and imposing mountain range of Torres del Paine. Continuing the path, we visit Lake Pehoé until we reach Lake Gray and from here have a view of the Glacial of the same name.
Lunch during the excursion. Return to Puerto Natales.
Dinner at leisure.
Night at the hotel in Puerto Natales.
Departure from the hotel for navigation to the Balmaceda & Serrano glaciers in regular service with an English-speaking guide.
Set sail from Puerto Natales early in the morning, after a beautiful journey through the Ultima Esperanza fjord and a 3-hour sailing you reach the millenary Balmaceda Glacier where it is easy to see colonies of cormorants and sea lions.
Once at the end of the fjord the cruise docks to go ashore and walk approximately 1000 meters along a path in the middle of the wonderful native forest towards the foot of the Serrano Glacier, and from there admire this great natural spectacle. On the way back, disembark at Estancia Consuelo for a typical lamb lunch.
Lunch included at Estancia Consuelo.
Return to the pier navigating in the Ultima Esperanza fjord.
Regular transfer with driver only from the pier to your hotel in Puerto Natales.
Dinner at leisure.
Night at the hotel in Puerto Natales.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer from the hotel to the Puerto Natales bus station.
Regular line bus to Punta Arenas airport. (3 hrs. approx.)
Flight to Santiago
Transfer from Santiago airport to the hotel.
Meals at leisure.
Overnight at the hotel in Santiago.
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer from the hotel to the Santiago airport.
International flight.
**End of Patagonia extension **